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DERMATEST Pty Ltd (AUSTRALIA)
has been acquired by Eurofins Group, the bio-analytical service provider.

With EUR 2.54 billion in annual revenues and over 30,000 employees in around 375 sites in 41 countries, Eurofins Scientific is a leading international group of laboratories providing a unique range of analytical testing services to the pharmaceutical, food, environmental and consumer products industries and to governments.

Ordering Sunscreen tests

Test requirements do still vary, mainly between USA and Australia vis most of the rest of the world. You will need to interpret from your own market requirements and order testing accordingly, following the steps below.

FDA SPF 50: (for both Static and Water Resistance) There is no “+” category. FDA is currently reviewing justification of numbers above SPF 50. Generally, FDA statistical handling of variability will mean that at least 2 SPF units need to be deducted from the 10 subject mean, so for SPF 50 label claim, target should be higher than SPF 52. The actual number as reported can be applied to the label, e.g. SPF 37

EU SPF50 (STATIC): SPF value needs to be 50 or more.

EU SPF50 (WATER RESISTANT): both static and water resistance need to be tested on the same back simultaneously. Static SPF value need to be 50 or more. Post Immersion (Water Resistance %) SPF value needs be more than 50% of static SPF value.

PLUS SIGN “+”: Generally, this implies plus 10 and it is now restricted to only 50+ , so SPF 50+ has to test as at least SPF 60.

Please contact us if you need further clarification. We try to keep information for all regulated markets up to date on this web site.